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Kitchen fire in Lyneham
FIREFIGHTERS have extinguished a fire in a kitchen on De Burgh Street, Lyneham. ACT Fire & Rescue is currently searching for any fire extension in the roof of the home. Update to follow. 15:28 Two...
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Anzac Day dawn in Canberra – Lest we forget
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Record numbers crowd Anzac dawn service
Part of the record crowd at this morning’s Anzac Day dawn service at the Australian War memorial. Photo by Andrew CampbellTHE Australian War Memorial says an estimated record 120,000 visitors were at...
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Review / Unhappy lovers launch new company
Mathew Chardon O’Dea, left, Josie Dunham, Vanessa De Jager and Fraser Findlay in “The Last Five Years”.CANBERRA’S newest professional theatre company, Dramatic Productions, makes an auspicious debut...
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War Memorial doubles last year’s crowds
The Australian War Memorial is delighted with its record figures for an Anzac Day after another 31,000 people attended the National Ceremony and veterans’ march bringing crowds at the 100th...
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Socials / Two-up at King O’Malley’s , Anzac Day
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Socials / At the Anzac Day National Ceremony, Australian War Memorial
THE view down Anzac Parade, across Lake Burley Griffin and on to the old and new Parliament Houses is spectacular. Fill it with people eager to be part of the centenary commemorations of that fateful...
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Dramatic pictures of Kaleen liquor store robbery
ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an aggravated robbery at the BWS liquor store in Kaleen on Friday night (24 April). About 6.45pm, two men entered the store on Georgina Crescent, carrying large...
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Review / Dance of oblique fascination
Eliza Sanders in “Pedal.Peddle”. Photo by Stephen A’CourtA FORMER Quantum Leap dancer, Eliza Sanders has spent the last three years studying in NZ. While there she developed “Pedal.Peddle” in which she...
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Multiple fires in Red Hill garages
ACT Fire & Rescue is responding to reports of multiple garages on fire in an apartment complex in Discovery Street Red Hill. Update to follow. 21:18 ACT Fire & Rescue crews arrived on scene to...
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Whitney to retire from artsACT
The ACT arts community is in a flurry of speculation as news permeates of the impending retirement of artsACT chief David Whitney. In the last few days the CEOs of several local arts organisations have...
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Traffic brought to a stand still around the Grammar Junior School
With no school buses today as the bus drivers take the extra special Anzac holiday just for ACT Government employees things were always going to get dicey around the private schools. Meg sent in these...
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Pereira pleases Mrs Macquarie – and Bathurst
FORMER “CityNews” Artist of the Year, the cellist David Pereira, has composed a piece of music which will make its world premiere at a bicentenary concert in Bathurst this Wednesday April 29 in...
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Blunderbuss seized in Ngunnawal
DETECTIVES from ACT Policing’s Taskforce Nemesis executed a search warrant at a home in Ngunnawal on Friday (April 24), locating a firearm. Acting on information received from a member of the public,...
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Double the snow at Corin Forest this year
CORIN Forest is gearing up for winter, with double the area and snowmaking of last year. Following a great first year returning to snow in 2014, Corin Forest is bringing a bigger winter experience...
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Bunda St shareway in the running for a national award
SHANE Rattenbury informs us the Bunda Street Shareway project is a finalist in the 2015 Planning Institute of Australia National Awards for Planning Excellence. “GTA Consultants and McGregor Coxall as...
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MoAD wins a ‘Silver MUSE’
THE Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House has just won a Silver 2015 MUSE Award for Education and Outreach. Now in its 26th year, the international competition recognises innovation...
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Grattan / Abbott’s sister urges Liberals to consider gay marriage conscience...
Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra AS Labor steps up its internal debate on whether its MPs should be “bound” on a vote for marriage equality, Tony Abbott’s gay sister Christine Forster believes...
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ACU unveils new Indigenous artwork
A SPECTACULAR new Indigenous artwork has been unveiled on the Australian Catholic University Canberra campus. George Williams unveils the artwork yesterday Created by artist Riki Salam, who was unable...
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Upgrades for over 100 playgrounds across Canberra
SHANE Rattenbury says 108 playgrounds across the ACT will receive upgrades to improve both accessibility and safety. “The improvements include replacing or repairing sections of the equipment...
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